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Joseph Edward Willard | |
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United States Ambassador to Spain | |
In office October 31, 1913 –July 7, 1921 | |
President | Woodrow Wilson |
Preceded by | Henry Clay Ide |
Succeeded by | Cyrus Woods |
Member of the Virginia State Corporation Commission | |
In office October 1,1905 –February 18,1910 | |
Preceded by | Henry Fairfax |
Succeeded by | J. Richard Wingfield |
19th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
In office January 1,1902 –February 1,1906 | |
Governor | Andrew J. Montague |
Preceded by | Edward Echols |
Succeeded by | James Taylor Ellyson |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Fairfax County | |
In office December 6,1893 –December 4,1901 | |
Preceded by | R. C. Triplett |
Succeeded by | R. E. Lee,Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Edward Willard May 1,1865 Washington,D.C.,U.S. |
Died | April 4,1924 58) Manhattan,New York,U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery Washington,D.C.,U.S. |
Spouse | Belle Layton Wyatt |
Relations | Antonia Ford (mother) Kermit Roosevelt (son-in-law) Mervyn Herbert (son-in-law) |
Alma mater | Virginia Military Institute |
Joseph Edward Willard (May 1,1865 –April 4,1924) was an American politician,philanthropist,and diplomat.
The son of prominent Washington hotelier and Union Army commissary major Joseph Clapp Willard (1820–1897) and former Confederate spy Antonia Ford,Joseph Willard had two brothers who died in infancy.
Willard served for eight years in the Virginia House of Delegates,prior to his election as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He held that office from 1902 through 1906,leaving after an unsuccessful run for governor. The Virginia General Assembly then elected him a commissioner of the relatively new Virginia State Corporation Commission,where he served for four years.
In 1913,President Woodrow Wilson appointed Willard as the United States Ambassador to Spain. Upon the outbreak of World War I Willard was vacationing in the United States and returned to Europe aboard the USS Tennessee,although his daughter,Belle,was sick with typhoid fever (she would recover). [1] Ambassador Willard held his position under successive presidents of both political parties until shortly before his death.
Willard and his wife,Belle Layton Wyatt (1869–1954),had two daughters,Belle Wyatt,(1892–1968) who later married Kermit Roosevelt on June 10,1914,and Mary Elizabeth,(1898-1979) who later married The Hon. Mervyn Herbert,third son of 4th Earl of Carnarvon,in 1921.
His daughter,Belle,and Roosevelt had four children:
Willard had at least 12 grandchildren,including Mark Roosevelt;his great-grandchildren include Kermit Roosevelt III,John Palfrey and Quentin Palfrey.
Willard died in Manhattan,New York,on April 4,1924. His remains were returned to Washington,D.C.,[ citation needed ] for burial at Oak Hill cemetery. [2]
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